salix cinerea

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salix cinerea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sallow \Sal"low\ (s[a^]l"l[-o]), n. [OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin
     to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail,
     saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. "eli`kh.]
     1. The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic] --Tennyson.
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              And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. --Fawkes.
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              The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. --Emerson.
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     2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow,
        especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as
        Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, etc.
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     Sallow thorn (Bot.), a European thorny shrub (Hippophae  rhamnoides
        ) much like an Elaeagnus. The yellow berries
        are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords
        a yellow dye.
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salix cinerea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Salix cinerea
      n 1: Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs [syn:
           grey willow, gray willow, Salix cinerea]